low carb vegan

Jennifer · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 64

Jon Kaplan wrote:
> Does anyone here have info or suggestions on how to low carb for vegans?
>
> Jon

Jon...

It's tough, but it ain't impossible.

Now... vegan is no animal products whatsoever... no fish, no dairy, no
eggs, no cheese.

You'll have to get your protein from soy and nuts. Traditional
vegetarian cookbooks will be heavy on the grains and beans and wheat
products, but they may have some recipes that would work. You might
also want to check out the "Glycemic Index" which can point you toward
the lowest glycemic beans and legumes (Chana Dal is the lowest, but
there are others at the "bottom".)

I did a search for you on Google (you should give it a try, lots of info
there!)...

I put in "low carb vegan", and came up with the following links, mostly
recipes (there were more, but these seemed most promising).

http://www.carb-lite.au.com/61SOUPS/61SOUPSVegan.html

http://www.vegsource.com/talk/recipes/messages/80982.html

http://www.low-carb-recipes.co.uk/Lentil_Rice_Burgers__Vegan_.html

Good vegan recipes are good for anybody else as a side dish, so I'll try
to post some that would work for you.

Good luck!

Jennifer

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Jennifer · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 64

Jon Kaplan wrote:

> Would it be correct to say that SLOW carbo is a reasonable (or partial)
> substitute for LOW carbo? Soy & nuts have carbo. And I've done pretty well
> on kidney beans and garbazos - in limited quantity.

Well... since you're here on alt.food.diabetic, I'll assume you're a
diabetic.

Are you T1 or T2?

What does your meter tell you when you eat beans?

As for SLOW or LOW... to me, they say something different. Low would
tell me that the carb count for a serving is small. Slow would tell me
that it may be lower on the glycemic index and therefore despite it's
carb count, it doesn't raise my blood glucose level as much as it "should".

Do a search for Glycemic Index, you may find somethings of interest.

Jennifer

Jon Kaplan · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 3

Does anyone here have info or suggestions on how to low carb for vegans?

Jon

Jon Kaplan · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 3

Jennifer wrote:

> Jon Kaplan wrote:
> > Does anyone here have info or suggestions on how to low carb for vegans?
> >
> > Jon
>
> Jon...
>
> It's tough, but it ain't impossible.
>
> Now... vegan is no animal products whatsoever... no fish, no dairy, no
> eggs, no cheese.
>
> You'll have to get your protein from soy and nuts. Traditional
> vegetarian cookbooks will be heavy on the grains and beans and wheat
> products, but they may have some recipes that would work. You might
> also want to check out the "Glycemic Index" which can point you toward
> the lowest glycemic beans and legumes (Chana Dal is the lowest, but
> there are others at the "bottom".)
>
> I did a search for you on Google (you should give it a try, lots of info
> there!)...
>
> I put in "low carb vegan", and came up with the following links, mostly
> recipes (there were more, but these seemed most promising).
>
> http://www.carb-lite.au.com/61SOUPS/61SOUPSVegan.html
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/recipes/messages/80982.html
>
> http://www.low-carb-recipes.co.uk/Lentil_Rice_Burgers__Vegan_.html
>
> Good vegan recipes are good for anybody else as a side dish, so I'll try
> to post some that would work for you.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Jennifer

Would it be correct to say that SLOW carbo is a reasonable (or partial)
substitute for LOW carbo? Soy & nuts have carbo. And I've done pretty well
on kidney beans and garbazos - in limited quantity.

Jon Kaplan · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 3

Jennifer wrote:

> Jon Kaplan wrote:
>
> > Would it be correct to say that SLOW carbo is a reasonable (or partial)
> > substitute for LOW carbo? Soy & nuts have carbo. And I've done pretty well
> > on kidney beans and garbazos - in limited quantity.
>
> Well... since you're here on alt.food.diabetic, I'll assume you're a
> diabetic.
>
> Are you T1 or T2?
>
> What does your meter tell you when you eat beans?
>
> As for SLOW or LOW... to me, they say something different. Low would
> tell me that the carb count for a serving is small. Slow would tell me
> that it may be lower on the glycemic index and therefore despite it's
> carb count, it doesn't raise my blood glucose level as much as it "should".
>
> Do a search for Glycemic Index, you may find somethings of interest.
>
> Jennifer

I'm a T2, on insulin.